The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-03-02
.vI,r SINS OF THE SENATE"
Captain y. i. Tiilman's Reply to the
I.ctte? of Senatn; i. NT. You,nanS.

CaDtalI D. -. IIi!iitttil las nt1tttu u
the News and Courier !; reply to the re.
cent letter Of Senator IoumarS, Of Barn.
we'll. After expressing his dislike fo,
any further newspaper controversy ovel
the questions growing out Of the farm,
cIs movement, and some aliusion to
lis own ?3tter reviewing the action OF
the Legislature at the late session,
! Captain TiIlman says:
The animus Of my letter was not
against the agricultural Solons,' for
whom ] cn!y felt pity and contempt,
/ but against the eleven lawyers wh0knew
nothing about the merits OF the matter,
and who should have deferred to the
opinions and wishes OF the farmers cut
! side OF lie Senate, who had mct twice
il convention and asked certain things,
rathc" than to The partisans and tools
within Il. | am willing to conoede hon
esty OF purpose to some Of these farmers
III the Senate, but it must be at the cx-
peEse Of their intelligence and indie
pe1deuc". TO say nothing Of their fealty
TO Their brother farmers.
"Cheeh" is a favorable word with
+: C2lonc! YoumaGs, and he gives me
cr23i: Eor having my share thereof, but
I Gotf my hat to him rs having even
more than !. Colonel loumaas has read
Ill my articles, for his letter fairly
br;stles With quotations from them, and
for hin - claim that my ':chargcs OF
extravaganza and incompotency against
tie !o.rl: ot agriculture and commits
Sioner were '<rccklcss and fallacious, :
after ti!o published and admitted facts,
requires '.bra,s enough to gid church
steepie The commissioners "good
liq,!or' mast have added his brain, or
else h'3 toudying regard for the present
"e:l;citrt patriotic and trustworthy
board OF agriculture has blinded him
even to admitted facts. | cannot re-
cnpitu!ate the charges ! have made and
proved, but voUr readers remember
them. and { can Only explain Colonel
Iculnans making tins assertion by The
fact that warm personal relations with
the board Of commissioners and love Tor
political allies have kept him from
Weighing the evidence and giving an
honest verdict.
Bur there is nothing but ''check, ;"
bcazen and unblushiug. in his further
assertion that | am 'sclf, f,confesscdiy 4
miserable failure IL the management Of
ny OWL farm, OF thar J. am q '',iiSciplc
Of Henry George and compeer OF v. p.
Russell. ! have never made any such
confession, and have only said [ ;iid not
lee! co:G ,ctent % teach others, and that
ate: seventeen Years il;lrG st:ldy die!
rot Know !:o"' - l&r,!. It was rcah-
Ztti ii ot M nNi! errors and IL" crrorA
of ;l:4Sa around me III managing our
hi? lands til,, inst led me 70 advocate
4 special training Ior farmers Iii au aSli-
cuitur:t! college, and ] am more than
ever convinced; o; the necessity and de-
t.erlNiaed to urge and advocate tie estab-
iisnmcu. Of such school il South Caro-
lira The Aiken Recorder is the au-
tho3itv, perhaps, for this faIseilood, but
whether have Ucen successful at farm
ing or not has 10 connection le9iilmately
with tie measures / have advocated, and
It comes with poor grace from 4 store
keeper who dubs himself ''plant>!, anc
is ashamed 70 hc called farmer, 10 warp
my homes: admission Of ignorance TITO q
confession OF failure.
Tie making OF moncy ont OF tard Is
no! my definition OF q good farmer, but
the preservation Of fertility While OBJ
taiuirg IN income from it. Judged by
this standard / am a failure as atarmer, q
and wcll-righ the entire agricultural
population Of the State are failures.
Darnwells 5 Senator, who has waxed fat
of his store by selling goods to lis poor
farmer neighbo1s and their bands, and
feels that he IS a grand success, may
Justly say he has no sympathy with ga
poor farmer" It remains to be seen
how much sympathy they will have for
him when lie seeks their su1fragcs again.
The farmers OF Eurnwell may be bet
ter of than the rest Of us-they may be
dogs" enough TO lick the hand that
smites them, they have never given any
sign that they knew there was a Farm
ers movement" in South Caroiina-but
II Colonel Youmans viii accept the chal-
icnge I made him last December to dis
cuss the question of agricultural educa-
ton and administration and the reforms
needed IL cur State Government with
1le before al audience OF BarnwcIl farm
crs. i: don't start :. Farmers move
men" there viii '<sullt up.
This may sound cgotistical, but | b&ye
that knowledge OF my own honesty and
that faith IL the justice OF cur cause 10
ieei tGa5, iprcjudiccd against me though
they may be, and aparhetic as [ know
thein to be, many OF them viii fall in :"
when tnc;- hear the truth. I wantit dis
tinctly understood that l make this pro
posai III good isitll, but thaV l cannot
redeem thc pledge till next summer or
fall
But to return to Colonel youmans and
his ''cheek. What reason has he for
calling me ''Cisciple OF Henry George
and compecr OF ". 2. Russell? | have
never read any OF Georges books, nor
have preached any OF his doctrines,
least of ali community of ownership III
lallu. ! have too much land, notwith-
Standing lay miserable i&iiure as a
farmer, and want TO sell some, but [
have no purpose OF putting ii into Il
common pile ior everybody to enjoy It's
asufrucr, nor DO | desire to divide i:
Win any one but Ely children.
/ il;tvc called things by Their names
;::ld not minced matters, and Snail con
iiauc t. do 50. IEc disSs r.staction OF
the people WITH tLe way caE public
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